We describe the key features of the visual world paradigm and review the main research
areas where it has been used. In our discussion we highlight that the paradigm provides …

This paper proposes a new theory of the relationship between the sentence processing
mechanism and the available computational resources. This theory–the Syntactic Prediction …

While usage-based approaches to language development enjoy considerable support from
computational studies, there have been few attempts to answer a key computational …

My goal in writing this book has been to convey the principles and issues of
psycholinguistics in a straightforward and accessible manner. The field, although principally …

A major issue in understanding how language is implemented in the brain involves
understanding the use of language in language comprehension and production. However …

Despite the numerous examples of anticipatory cognitive processes at micro and macro
levels in many animal species, the idea that anticipation of specific words plays an integral …

Three experiments addressed the question whether semantic content or pragmatic context
can direct the initial syntactic analysis assigned to sentences. Each experiment determined …

The word-by-word time-course of spoken language understanding was investigated in two
experiments, focussing simultaneously on word-recognition (local) processes and on …

Three eye-tracking experiments using the 'visual-world'paradigm are described that explore
the basis by which thematic dependencies can be evaluated in advance of linguistic input …

Psychological theories of natural language processing have usually assumed that the
sentence processor resolves local syntactic ambiguities by selecting a single analysis on the …